Tampa Bay Rays

Location:  | Tampa Bay, Florida
Year Founded:  | 1998
Colors:  | Navy blue, Carolina blue, white, gold
Mascot:  | Raymond
Championships:  | 0
Website:  | http://devilrays.mlb.com/

The  Tampa Bay Rays  are a Major League Baseball team in the American League East Division. They are located in Tampa, Florida. The Rays play at Tropicana Field. The Rays dropped the word "Devil" from their name prior to the 2008 season.

The team has been to two World Series, losing to the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in 2008 and losing 4-2 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020.

The team's home field is the only true "dome" stadium in Major League Baseball. Despite the team's occasional success, it ranks with Oakland and Miami for having the poorest fan support and thus is often discussed as a relocation candidate.

First Game: March 31, 1998 vs. Detroit Tigers at Tropicana Field, 6-11.

## Contents

* 1 Current Roster
* 1.1 Pitchers
* 1.2 Catchers
* 1.3 Infielders
* 1.4 Outfielders
* 2 Minor League Affiliates
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Notes

## Current Roster[edit]

*Not on active roster
**Not on 40 man roster

### Pitchers[edit]

* 50 - Grant Balfour
* 36 - Randy Choate
* 31 - Lance Cormier
* 40 - Wade Davis
* 54 - Mike Ekstrom
* 22 - Matt Garza
* 58 - Jeremy Hellickson
* 39 - J.P. Howell
* 57 - Jake McGee
* 34 - Jeff Niemann
* 14 - David Price
* 33 - James Shields
* 21 - Andy Sonnanstine
* 29 - Rafael Soriano
* 59 - Dale Thayer
* 35 - Dan Wheeler

### Catchers[edit]

* 28 - John Jaso
* 41 - Jose Lobaton
* 30 - Dioner Navarro
* 10 - Kelly Shoppach

### Infielders[edit]

* 16 - Willy Aybar
* 8 - Jason Bartlett
* 15 - Reid Brignac
* 3 - Evan Longoria
* 23 - Carlos Pena
* 1 - Sean Rodriguez
* 18 - Ben Zobrist

### Outfielders[edit]

* 5 - Pat Burrell
* 13 - Carl Crawford
* 27 - Desmond Jennings
* 20 - Matt Joyce
* 19 - Gabe Kapler
* 38 - Fernando Perez
* 11 - Justin Ruggiano
* 2 - B.J. Upton

## Minor League Affiliates[edit]

The minor league affiliates of the Rays are:

* AAA - Durham Bulls
* AA - Montgomery Biscuits
* A Adv. - Vero Beach Devil Rays
* A - Columbus Catfish
* SS - Hudson Valley Renegades

## See also[edit]

* Boston Red Sox
* New York Yankees

## External links[edit]

* Official Team Website
* ESPN - Team News

## Notes[edit]

v • d • e

Major League Baseball - American League Teams

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